He never asked for any of it.

He was but innocent.

He only wanted to live.

But you had to prove he was a monster

Grendel,

The Destroyer, is one of three antagonists, alongside with his mother and his half-sibling dragon, in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.

Beowulf is an English heroic epic poem set in Scandinavia. Cited as one of the most important Anglo-Saxon literature works of all time, Beowulf has been dated between the 8th and early 11th century (700–1000 AD), telling the story of Beowulf, a great hero who comes to rescue Hroðgar, king of the Danes, by defeating the monster known as Grendel, who had Hroðgar’s entire kingdom.

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